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Fiber optic wing shape sensing on nasa's ikhana uav
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Ko, William L. Piazza, Anthony Richards, Lance Parker, Allen R. |
| Copyright Year | 2008 |
| Description | This document discusses the development of fiber optic wing shape sensing on NASA's Ikhana vehicle. The Dryden Flight Research Center's Aerostructures Branch initiated fiber-optic instrumentation development efforts in the mid-1990s. Motivated by a failure to control wing dihedral resulting in a mishap with the Helios aircraft, new wing displacement techniques were developed. Research objectives for Ikhana included validating fiber optic sensor measurements and real-time wing shape sensing predictions; the validation of fiber optic mathematical models and design tools; assessing technical viability and, if applicable, developing methodology and approaches to incorporate wing shape measurements within the vehicle flight control system; and, developing and flight validating approaches to perform active wing shape control using conventional control surfaces and active material concepts. |
| File Size | 13190942 |
| Page Count | 19 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080012474 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t15n1688g |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2008-02-07 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aircraft Design, Testing And Performance Pilotless Aircraft Wings Mathematical Models Aircraft Design Pattern Recognition Shapes Flight Control Displacement Fiber Optics Real Time Operation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
